#transcriptionprojects — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #transcriptionprojects, aggregated by home.social.
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Scientific Data: Transcribing historical Canadian weather data. “Historical weather journals from across Canada, spanning 1768–1884, have been transcribed from handwritten records into machine readable formats. The NORTHERN (Nineteenth-century Overseas Records Transcribed for Historical Environmental Reconstruction in the North) project transcribed nearly 2 million weather observations from […]
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Geneanet: Indexing Week at Geneanet! Help us transcribe the New York City Geographical Birth Index. “From May 31st through June 8, Geneanet is organizing a special week dedicated to the transcription of the New York City Geographical Birth Index. Whether you are a frequent contributor to Geneanet’s indexing projects, or you haven’t used our indexing tools yet, discover this unique project […]
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New York City: Mayor Adams Announces Ambitious Project to Make Accessible Historical Records of Enslaved People in NYC. “New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced an ambitious project to make accessible the historical records of thousands of formerly enslaved New Yorkers who lived in the five boroughs when the practice of slavery was legal here. Led by the New York City Department of […]